Levels of antioxidant proteins and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 in serum of patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Sialic acid, intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and rheumatoid arthritis: a study on the erythrocyte membrane.

We measured serum levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and erythrocyte membrane sialic acid in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and studied their correlation with the disease activity. Serum soluble intercellular adhesion molecule-1 level was determined with sandwich ELISA and sialic acid level with the method of Shamberger in 42 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and in 30 hea...

Longitudinal study of rheumatoid arthritis patients discloses sustained elevated serum levels of soluble CD106 (V-CAM).

OBJECTIVE To appreciate the evolution of serum angiogenic and/or adhesion molecules levels during a long term follow-up of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. METHODS Serum levels of 5 soluble adhesion/angiogenesis glycoproteins (VEGF, CD31, CD54, CD62E, CD106) were measured in Elisa in samples collected over 6 years in a cohort of 43 RA patients with monitored clinical parameters of disease ...

Serum Soluble Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 Overexpression Is a Disease Marker in Patients with First-Time Diagnosed Antinuclear Antibodies: A Prospective, Observational Pilot Study

Objective Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) serve as screening tests for connective tissue diseases but have low specificity. In this pilot study, we aimed to identify patients with first-time positive ANA and musculoskeletal complaints and correlate serum soluble vascular adhesion molecules as biomarkers. Methods Prospective, observational study with 100 ANA-positive patients, comparing them to a...

A Comparative Study of Serum Level of Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 (sVCAM-1), Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1(ICAM-1) and High Sensitive C - reactive protein (hs-CRP) in Normal and Pre-eclamptic Pregnancies

Soluble adhesion molecules (ICAM-1, VCAM-1, and E-selectin) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in patients with distinct variants of rheumatoid synovitis.

BACKGROUND Cell adhesion molecules and endothelial growth factors have an important role in the infiltrating of rheumatoid synovium with mononuclear cells, leading to the initiation and progression of the disease. OBJECTIVE To investigate whether the serum profile of soluble adhesion molecules and of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is associated with the histological appearance of r...